If by suicide watch you mean those times when posters here tried calling 911 cause you had quit on Lebron and the Heat during the Pacers series last season then no. I have yet to see a suicide watch of that kind. Regretfully I think most can attest that it was unfortunate you survived. Fortunately, you can still serve as comic relief.

If by suicide watch you mean those times when posters here tried calling 911 cause you had quit on Lebron and the Heat during the Pacers series last season then no. I have yet to see a suicide watch of that kind. Regretfully I think most can attest that it was unfortunate you survived. Fortunately, you can still serve as comic relief.

Why would anyone be shocked that a team featuring a 18/13 3x DPOY and a 2X MVP great playmaker would win a game?

I know Bean fans like to belittle these all star caliber players to try to prop up their boy, but these guys have led their teams to deep playoff runs individually but you expect them to not win a regular season game together?

Here is me trying to strike a realistic balance between the Kobe Fans and the Kobe haters.

In the short term the Lakers are better without Kobe for exactly the reason the Haters say. He plays hero ball a lot and he gets the rest of the team used to standing around and watching him go one on one and jacking up contested 30 footers. With him out of the lineup they play better team basketball and since they have great TEAM pieces It's no surprise they played well.

HOWEVER!!!!

In order for them to be the best team they can be Kobe is their most valuable piece. The times when Kobe plays within the flow of the offense (I'm thinking 08-10) is when his teams traditionally have been really good. He attracts so much attention from the defense that it opens things up for everyone else.

Too long didn't read version: The'll be better without him for now, But if they are going to be great they need him.

Coupled with the fact that Twan broke his shooting slump, blake broke his shooting slump as well as Metta - it helps. Look at the stats for those guys in the hawks game - horrible and it wasn't because of lack of open looks. Plenty of open looks that could have broken the game wide open. Just a bad game overall. Kobe was missing shots, other lakers were missing shots, the offense just went haywire because of this fact and to finish off Kobe got injured by that piece of shit Jones. Haters just mad the Lakers are winning regardless. The team just won't go away - regardless of seeding.